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1. The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,
2. "What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge'?
3. "[As] I live," says the Lord GOD, "you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel.
4. "Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.
5. But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;
6. If he has not eaten on the mountains, Nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, Nor defiled his neighbor's wife, Nor approached a woman during her impurity;
7. If he has not oppressed anyone, [But] has restored to the debtor his pledge; Has robbed no one by violence, [But] has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;
8. If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, [But] has withdrawn his hand from iniquity [And] executed true judgment between man and man;
9. [If] he has walked in My statutes And kept My judgments faithfully — He [is] just; He shall surely live!" Says the Lord GOD.
10. " If he begets a son [who is] a robber Or a shedder of blood, [Who] does any of these [things]
11. And does none of those [duties,] But has eaten on the mountains Or defiled his neighbor's wife;
12. If he has oppressed the poor and needy, Robbed by violence, Not restored the pledge, Lifted his eyes to the idols, [Or] committed abomination;
13. If he has exacted usury Or taken increase — Shall he then live? He shall not live! If he has done any of these abominations, He shall surely die; His blood shall be upon him.
14. " [If,] however, he begets a son Who sees all the sins which his father has done, And considers but does not do likewise;
15. [Who] has not eaten on the mountains, Nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, Nor defiled his neighbor's wife;
16. Has not oppressed anyone, Nor withheld a pledge, Nor robbed by violence, [But] has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;
17. [Who] has withdrawn his hand from the poor [And] not received usury or increase, But has executed My judgments And walked in My statutes — He shall not die for the iniquity of his father; He shall surely live!
18. "[As for] his father, Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what [is] not good among his people, Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
19. " Yet you say, 'Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?' Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live.
20. "The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
21. " But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
22. "None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall live.
23. "Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?" says the Lord GOD, "[and] not that he should turn from his ways and live?
24. " But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
25. " Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?
26. "When a righteous [man] turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies.
27. "Again, when a wicked [man] turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive.
28. "Because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
29. "Yet the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair?
30. " Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways," says the Lord GOD. "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.
31. "Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?
32. "For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord GOD. "Therefore turn and live!"


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WRD Pharmaceutical Sciences envisions a network of partners to enhance active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and drug product development and manufacturing of small molecules.
WRD is interested in establishing alliances to develop and access:
- Computational Product and Process Design (CPPD) — Complement and advance our experimentation and manufacturing processes with computational tools, including translating drug molecular structures to material properties in silico. Specific areas of interest include:
- Computational models for process operations
- Prediction of oral absorption in humans
- Computational Chromatography
- Multi-scale integrated modeling platform technologies for Systems-based Pharmaceutics predictions and simulations
- In silico design and screening of API synthetic pathways
- Materials Sciences and Particle Engineering — Development of molecular structure-based particle design and engineering tools that allow for the prediction and manipulation of crystal form/morphology, solid-state stability and material properties. Specific areas of interest include:
- Computational Materials Science for particle engineering
- Solid State Chemical Stability Prediction and Control
- Delivery of API ensuring physical integrity during ensuing process operations
- Particle engineering through directed assembly
- Portable, Continuous, Miniaturized and Modular Manufacturing Equipment — Design and development of fit-for-purpose, small footprint, plug-and-play (modular) platforms, drug product and/or API development, and manufacturing equipment. Continuous/semi-continuous operation and rapid deployment are cornerstone concepts that are being pursued. Desired state is for processing modules to be capable of manufacturing multiple products at a wide range of manufacturing scales and enabling significant reduction in scale-up/tech transfer efforts.
- Innovative and Chemical Synthesis — Development of new platform syntheses that include sustainable/"green" chemical technologies and innovative chemical transformations. Specific areas of interest include:
- Replacement of endangered metal catalysts
- General methods for catalytic preparation of chiral amines
- General methods for "direct" amide formation
- Drug Delivery Technologies — Advanced drug delivery technologies to enable differentiated therapies and the next generation of precision medicine. Specific areas of interest include:
- Tissue targeting of drugs to improve therapeutic index (e.g., brain delivery, tumor targeting, etc.)
- Technologies to imporve/monitor patient adherence/compliance
- Anit-abuse and deterrence technologies
Differentiated pediatric dosage forms that
- Neutralize or improve taste without affecting the pharmacokinetics for oral immediate-release products
- use a "solids-based" platform (versus conventional liquids) and/or
- use innovative dosing aids
- Rapid Analytics — Innovative analytical platforms to enable real-time process understanding and/or control via on-line or at-line technology for Drug Product and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API). Specific areas of interest include:
- Rapid, precise, robust, and integrated in-situ Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) for routine process monitoring.
- 3-D mapping/imaging of drug products
- Real-time data integration from disparate sources
- Predictive science of stability, including structure-based stability prediction
External R&D Innovation Contact: Paul.E.Young

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Courtesy of Perfumer & Flavorist magazine.
In the crowded personal care market, it is necessary for a product to offer multiple benefits to stand apart and succeed. This means that for personal washes it is no longer just about the cleansing properties; a product must deliver more in both benefits and fragrance. Both men and women are increasingly concerned with skin health, physical appearance, well-being, moisturization and environmental responsibility. Fragrance plays a major role in helping to communicate these benefits to the consumer. Perfumer & Flavorist magazine recently spoke with IFF's Debra Van Dyk, vice president of fragrance development, functional fragrances, to find out about the changing role of fragrance in personal wash.
P&F: What's driving fragrance preferences in the personal wash category?
Van Dyk: Consumers tend to buy brands with which they feel an emotional connection. Fragrance is a critical factor in a consumer's initial purchase decision, and it helps form the bond between a consumer and a brand—taking it from like to love. Consumers' fragrance appreciation is driven by a natural desire and need for emotional connection, sensorial experience, pleasure, diversity and newness. The green movement is an emotional motivator for today's consumers and expresses itself in a variety of ways related to fragrance.
Natural-smelling fragrances that connote pure, clean freshness are in demand and can reinforce the green footprint of environmentally responsible products.
Whatever feelings or experiences consumers are looking for as they interact with our clients' products, fragrance is a key criterion in creating a memorable shower experience. The goal of the fragrance is to reinforce the promise or benefit of the overall product. If the product claims to offer a relaxing/calming experience in the shower, IFF's consumer insights allow perfumes to efficiently develop an aroma to promote relaxation and calm, a fragrance conveying a sense of well-being or even a spa atmosphere.
In the past, fragrance trends trickled down predominantly from the world of prestige and fine fragrance. This is no longer the case. We are seeing very inspirational fragrances coming from every product category that may impact personal wash. Our perfumers seek inspiration from diverse consumer markets, cultures and climates, including: cuisine, fashion, botanicals, cosmetics, beauty care, etc., to create fragrances with which the consumer will connect deeply.
Sensorial experiences such as creamy textures and rich gourmand desserts are other consumer favorites that offer pleasure and variety in personal wash. IFF's flavorists are able to team up with our fragrance experts to create fun and excitement with creamy cosmetic gourmand notes. Their creations influence consumer perception of skin care, moisturization, sensuality and luxury.
Consumers are always looking for new experiences. Exploring fanciful and exotic combinations of flowers and fruits is definitely part of IFF's creative vision. IFF's Consumer Insights' Newness tool helps perfumers dissect the effect of change in the minds of consumers, in order to understand the comfort level people in different markets have for what is new to them.
Fragrance preference is also driven by performance and power. In many cases, the more consumers like what they smell, the more they want to smell it—from the product, while bathing and afterwards on their skin. IFF's sensory and analytical research supports the creative team in its understanding of which notes and materials perform best.
P&F: What are the unique demands for masculine and feminine categories? Are these evolving? If so, how?
Van Dyk: In a crowded market, successful products capture consumer interest with differentiable feminine and masculine benefits and fragrances. Delivering products and fragrances that capture the attention of the masses is no longer the only route to success. Successful product ranges are also targeting smaller unique consumer segments with benefits and fragrances loved specifically by these groups, which may not directly appeal to the masses, but bring incremental users to the brand. For women, the trends in personal wash go beyond cleansing efficacy; cleansing is a given. Now women demand that their products do more for skin health, physical appearance, well-being or the overall shower experience. Even the most functional of soap products are offering moisturization benefits or exfoliation with ribbons, beads, oils and natural ingredients. We are also seeing age-defying/pro-age elements, vitamins, nutrient replenishment, antioxidants, hydrating and end-look benefits such as skin luminosity, glow, radiance, brightness, smooth skin, etc. Natural ingredients will continue to grow in importance among women. Environmental responsibility values for products is just beginning and communication that focuses on naturals, organics, etc., is a stepping stone for providing these values. All of these extra benefits are going to become increasingly important as consumers' expectations increase.
Women are very knowledgeable about their fragrance likes and dislikes. They want their personal wash fragrances to be sophisticated and fun. This often requires elements that connote natural caring and sometimes sensual beauty. There is a move away from simple gourmand blends toward warm, sexy, beautiful, indulgent fragrances that enhance attributes of nourishment, moisturization or hydration in the product. Themes are sophisticated and complex yet comfortable and sexy, greatly influenced by combining fine fragrance and gourmand trends.
For men, what was once a deodorant claims (or deodorancy) market for personal wash is now being revitalized by following cues in skin cleansing and care from women's products. There will continue to be both ends of the spectrum in men's products: products that target men who want a more involved personal-care routine and products that target men who want to simplify.
For men who are looking for simplicity, there are an increasing number of 2-in-1 products that can serve double duty. Watch for 3-in-1's soon. If men can use one product that cleans and has a positive effect on their appearance, hair or skin health, that's a bonus. Manufacturers are becoming savvier as to the differing needs of men's skin. They are offering new sensitive formulations to address the need for skin-caring products. Thanks to the men's body wash explosion, there's a much broader range of fragrance styles being accepted by men than ever before, allowing for a continuation of innovative fragrance types in the future. The men's market is seeing more blends of olfactive families with increased complexity, fine fragrance influence and sophisticated styles. There is also an increase of modern fougères with unisex clean, crisp top notes being favored by men. Scent is clearly at the top of men's minds and products are responding, such as with claims of longer-lasting scent technology.
P&F: What types of scents are being offered in the category?
Van Dyk: Overall, the category is evolving rapidly, with olfactively interesting new options available to the consumer every day. As the market becomes more cluttered, it is important to use the right fragrance to reinforce a brand and support the product's message.
For women, personal wash has evolved into a more complex fragrance experience than ever before, wherein personal wash can be fun and sensorial at the same time. Meanwhile, a unique olfactive trend seen in both men's and women's personal wash products is the use of contrasting notes balancing freshness and warmth within a fragrance. Some current trends are:
- Complex blends growing faster than fragrances dominated by singular notes
- Fruity accords that convey freshness, as well as subtle fresh floral notes • Gourmand fragrances, blending fine fragrance types and creamy textures with indulgent edible notes
- New olfactive proposals that are changing consumers' preferences toward what is the smell of clean
- Caring blends accented with crisp or exotic notes, as opposed to the singular citrus blends of the past that needed to convey only cleansing
- For men, classic fougère fragrance types still prevail in masculine personal care products, but there's a shift toward new fresh and spicy accent notes and blends that add modernity and a sensorial experience
P&F: Natural is today's hot-button marketing term. But what challenge does that present for IFF's fragrance formulators?
Van Dyk: One of the biggest challenges is that there is no consistent global definition of just what is natural or "green" in terms of finished fragrance products. Everyone has his own definition.
Naturals tend to be defined as plant extracts derived from cold pressing or steam distillation. Today, only a small percentage of the global perfumery palette is certified as natural, so you can imagine it is incredibly restrictive in terms of the amount of ingredients available and also price, as naturals are usually far more expensive.
IFF's foresight years ago in acquiring high quality naturals' producer Laboratoire Monique Remy has positioned us to lead efforts to increase IFF's palette of unique naturals, by any definition. As the trend continues, our perfumers are responding in ever more creative ways.
It is interesting to note that the general public tends to equate the word "natural" with safety, but there are many natural toxins/allergens and many naturals need synthetic antioxidants to be safe. In some cases, synthetics are needed for the safe processing of naturals. So, the definition of naturals can be very dependent on how strict one has to be about not only the source, but also the processing (please refer to the Dec. 5, 2005 IFRA information letter #737).
If the idea is to preserve nature from a sustainability platform, IFF's Nature-Inspired technology enables perfumers to reconstruct the natural smells of fruits, flowers and plants in the air without harvesting crops. In IFF's botanical research gardens, the life cycle of thousands of botanicals are constantly studied. We understand how nature communicates with us through aroma and work to capture this communication to recreate nature's essence for our customers. At the same time, we have unique capabilities when it comes to studying consumers' actual perceptions of what is (or seems) natural to them.
P&F: Are there any technologies that are boosting the effects of personal wash fragrances?
Van Dyk: IFF has different programs in place that involve encapsulation of fragrance to deliver more fragrance to skin and hair. But as you can imagine, there are challenges such as deposition without aversely affecting the finished product and consumer perception in use. IFF also has programs involving encapsulation of fragrance to increase the "bloom" of the fragrance in use.
There is a definite gap between what consumers want and current levels at both of these stages. Many of the challenges are, of course, related to the cost of systems that will do this effectively and also the safety of any system in a product that is so intimate with the consumer.
P&F: How is the functionality of personal wash products being innovated/ improved?
Van Dyk: Innovations and improvements are being made to deliver: moisturization and skin care benefits; experiential color/texture/fragrances; more cost-effective formulations in the face of increasing raw material prices; odor neutralization for liquid hand soaps; and environmentally friendly refill packaging for liquids.
There has been significant activity in products that moisturize. For fragrance houses, it is a double-edged sword as the actives that moisturize suppress fragrance from the bottle or packet and in use. However, moisturizing agents do help more of the fragrance deposit on skin and stay there a little longer. It's been necessary to adjust the way we create accordingly, especially to compensate for the suppression.
Consumer expectations for product efficacy require understandable, credible ingredient stories and a fragrance that reinforces the product promise. As deep moisturization becomes increasingly important, consumers seek out natural ingredients on the label that have a skin-hydrating effect and they look for the science to prove it. The fragrance created for those products will have olfactive cues for moisturization and soft skin to help tell the story. Furthermore, those fragrances can and will be technically stable and offer long-lasting effects, if that is what the product promises. The men's market is also becoming very important in personal wash with more and more care products, rather than just for cleansing.
New product development in personal wash is more active in the liquids category with novel products having food-like texture, color and fragrance. On the experiential side, we've seen smoothie or whipped cream-type dual-phase body washes and liquid hand soaps. This type of product is often fragranced with strong edible notes. On the functional side, we've seen liquid hand soap claims for odor neutralization.
P&F: Our editors have reported that some companies are looking to the nutraceutical and supplement markets for ingredient trends to apply to the personal wash arena. Are you seeing that?
Van Dyk: Yes. While IFF's technical and R&D teams assess areas such as nutraceuticals for their potential, the global marketing and consumer insights teams work together to discover the next hot ingredients that consumers are going to look for in personal care. Fortunately, we are able to gauge consumer interest and acceptability and discover how these ingredients are associated with various product benefits. Inspiration for these ingredients may come from the nutraceutical or supplement markets as well as a variety of other sources.
Clients frequently ask what benefits can be added through the fragrance, and IFF perfumers can help to an extent. But fragrance is normally in a finished product formulation at 1% or less, so adding a vitamin or antioxidant, for example, to a fragrance to obtain a meaningful level in the finished product would take up a lot of space in the fragrance formulation. And there may be more efficient ways of adding these supplements. Of course, one class of supplement we are often adding—and this relates to naturals—is essential oils.


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Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Written by Lynne Jonell
Reviewed by Maddie M. (age 10)
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat is a wonderful novel that will keep you biting your nails and on your toes the entire book. This story is a page turner, you cannot put it down! In the story, Emmy faces many challenges, including saving her parents and making sure her sly and surreptitious nanny, Ms. Barmy does not continue her evil doing. Along the way, Emmy makes, and keeps some friends, including a couple of kind rats, a friendly boy named Joe and some other generous people and animals. Joe, Emmy and the rats have to save Emmy's parents and destroy Ms. Barmy before it's to late. This book will take you through a magical journey that is a perfect mix of a mystery and adventure.
Throughout the story, the reader can discover what Emmy's life is like, and can develop her feelings, like misery, sneakiness, and happiness. The reader can almost feel like they're there with Emmy, going through all her excitement and terror. During the middle of the book, you will discover an evil man assisting Ms. Barmy in her wretched plans. The rat, Raston will have to get down low with some of his rat cohorts, to bite the evil man and Ms. Barmy, leaving them with an unpleasant surprise.
In my opinion, Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat is one of the best books ever written. I love the mystery and excitement that makes you feel like you're right there with Emmy. There are plenty of examples of surprises, sorrow, and joy. You can feel what she's going through between her used to be kind parents now turning into rich, stuck-up snobs, and her terrifying nanny, Ms. Barmy, who's out to get and destroy Emmy, her pets, and her friendships. I love all the drama in this story. The joyous parts make you want to jump and sing, while the heavyhearted parts make you want to scream and cry. This story displays perfect examples of being, believing, and standing up for yourself. In this story the nasty, evil characters get nowhere while the friendly and kind characters proceed in their well-being and doing. This book makes you realize what you have in life, and how to help others who are less fortunate. Read this book, and you'll become a whole new fantastic person.
I would recommend this book to boys and girl ages 8-13, who like to be in suspense, are curious, and love to get lost in the midst of a story. If you like mystery's you would probably like Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, too.
I loved this novel, I thought is was fantastic. Lynn Jonnel is a wonderful author and Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat is one of her best volumes.


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Tucker Carlson To Journalists: Pay Attention To Me Or You're "Contemptible" and Biased
Written by Eric Boehlert
In the wake of the Daily Caller's widely derided effort last week to claim the emergence of a video capturing a speech Barack Obama gave in 2007 would jolt this year's presidential campaign, editor Tucker Carlson lashed out at journalists who ignored his dubious endeavor, denouncing them as "contemptible."
After suffering what Salon's Joan Walsh described as an "ethnic nervous breakdown" on Fox News last week as he breathlessly portrayed Obama as a race hustler in the 2007 video ("This guy is whipping up race hatred and fear. Period."), a "fuming" Carlson told the Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz that the media's disinterest in the old Obama clip was "disgusting."
And on Fox, Carlson railed against the "throne sniffers" in the press, the "defenders of Obama," who (wisely) dismissed the Daily Caller/Drudge Report/Fox-hyped video as old news. And not even interesting old news at that.
Carlson has used the Daily Caller flop to whine about liberal media bias. His proof? Journalists won't pay attention to the crackpot items Daily Caller posts. And specifically, journalists wouldn't pay attention to an uninteresting video Carlson hyped last week; a video of a speech that was widely covered in 2007.
Fred Barnes made a similar argument about bias in The Weekly Standard when he wrote an obligatory attack on the press last week for being in the Obama camp and for trying to re-elect the Democrat. Pointing to what he considered to be the glaring examples of obvious bias (it's "massive, palpable, and unprecedented"!), Barnes wrote the press beat up on Mitt Romney for making so-called gaffes, while giving Obama a pass [emphasis added]:
In the treatment of Romney and Obama, the double standard has become habitual. The hunt for gaffes is the defining trait of the media in regard to Romney. But the most egregious gaffe by Obama this year--"You didn't build that"--was ignored for four days and reported only after the conservative press had created a mini-firestorm over the comment.
Like Carlson, Barnes is angry the press didn't immediately take seriously a non-news story the right-wing media manufactured and pushed to attack Obama this summer. In this case, it was the false claim that Obama insulted businessmen with his "you didn't build that" comment.
These latest media attacks from Barnes and Carlson represent an odd chorus to the old liberal bias chant we've heard for decades. And the chorus sounds like this: If reporters don't embrace and report on the utter nonsense that unmoored sites within conservative media create, especially during the campaign season, then journalists are declaring their bias.
It's a legitimate form of media criticism to point out when the press ignores worthy and independent news events. (Media Matters does that regularly.) What's not legitimate about the Carlson and Barnes attacks are they demand journalists pay attention to the "news events" the right-wing media concoct on their own.
If members of the press don't embrace, for instance, the lie that Obama denigrated small business owners with his "build that comment," and if they don't embrace Carlson's race-baiting interpretation of Obama's 2007 speech, then that itself is an act of bias. Journalists must pretend that whatever illogical attack stories are dreamed up within the Obama-hating fever swamps are serious and legitimate.
But they're not. And good journalists can spot the fakes a mile away.
A quick review of Obama's July "build that" speech was all that most people needed to confirm the president's supposedly controversial comment had been completely ripped out of context in a sloppy attempt to create a controversy. (Unfortunately, too many journalists succumbed to the relentless Fox News hyping of the comment and, over time, gave the phony charge too much time and attention.)
As for Carlson's video-peddling, even conservative writers announced the production was a flop and a "snooze."
Sorry Tucker, but ignoring Daily Caller's failed offerings isn't a form of bias. It's just common sense.


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X-Port™ Art Shipping Case | 25″ x 37″ x 3″
Strong and lightweight two-piece shipping case with 3″ depth. Features include 1/2″ foam lining, top handle, shipping label attachment area, side release nylon buckles on outside to keep the case securely closed, and an inside strap to secure artwork. Made of rugged polyethylene with metal-reinforced corners. Also great for artwork storage.
Note: Listed sizes are usable inside dimensions. For example, the 16″x20″x3″ case will fit 16″x20″ artwork


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Certain items such as glassware or fragile dishes need extra care at the time of transportation in order to keep them intact. Globe Packaging provides foam wraps rolls manufactured by Jiffy which are light weight and CFC free. Investing in foam packaging is important as it can help to keep your items safe!
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On 1 April, The Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) is organising a 28 mile walking event in Sussex. Starting in East Dean village, walkers have 10 hours to cover the epic course, which matches challenging terrain with spectacular views.
The walking marathon costs £8 to enter (£7 for members) and promises to be a day to remember.


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15 . "Reply To This Silly POST"
Posted by CLOWN on Dec-19-01 at 08:40 PM (EST)
Well Its A nice way to take PPls e-mails, well u can mail me to at firstname.lastname@example.com thx heheh if u liike mirc Drop By #AngelWings thx
18 . "send it to me 2"
Posted by email on Dec-28-01 at 09:42 PM (EST)
19 . "hack into email, can you send it to me too"
Posted by highman on Jan-08-02 at 06:16 PM (EST)
Please!! Thanks.
Posted by SqUisHyRoCkSHaCkErZ on Feb-13-02 at 03:35 AM (EST)
>MY EMAIL IS firstname.lastname@example.com
IF anyone is stupid enough to mail there password to someone then they deserve to get hacked... there is no way in the world to get into someone's email by emailing them your password for you account. Think about it, it doesn't make sense. The only possible way unless you are some sort of programmer, is to contact password support of the email provider and give all of the victims information, like birthday, postal code, ect (HACK ONLY THOSE YOU KNOW WELL, IF NOT YOU WILL NEVER GET IN). Most likely they will want furter info, like emails they have sent or folders in their account, ect. BE PERSISTANT. I know with hotmail they will eventually reset the password for you if you keep pressing on, saying someone hacked into your account and you need your password back. Trust me this works, for I have gotten into at least 20 email accounts using this method. Good luck.
20 . "hacking email"
Posted by asnay on Jan-10-02 at 04:51 AM (EST)
i want to know how to hack email password
pls write me at firstname.lastname@example.com
21 . "The easiest, but longest way..."
Posted by David Calvin on Jan-11-02 at 05:11 PM (EST)
Get or write a program that will use brute force. This means you will need to try all possible combinations. If you have a program that will do this it, and a static connection you could have the password in a few days. The one problem with brute force it's easy to detect, but that also means someone has to be looking.
22 . "hack"
Posted by nate on Jan-13-02 at 07:51 PM (EST)
I would like to know too.


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Broccoli and Carrots with Toasted Almonds(Adapted from CL)
1/3 cup sliced almonds
16 ounces diagonally cut carrots
12 ounces broccoli florets
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup finely diced shallots
1/2 cup Vegetable or Chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 350
Place almonds evenly on a baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned and fragrant, stirring occasionally, about 5-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
In a large saucepan of boiling water add carrots and cook 3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon. Set them in an ice bath to cool and then drain. Place broccoli in boiling water and cook 2 minutes. Drain the water and set the broccoli in the ice bath and drain.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and sauté 2 minutes or until tender. Reduce heat to medium. Add carrots, broccoli, stock, salt, and pepper. Cover and cook 6 minutes or until carrots and broccoli are crisp-tender. Sprinkle with toasted almonds.
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I've decided to start making some Youtube videos about Salem. I hope you guys enjoy the first episode. I know there's some things I will need to work on, but hopefully over time I will get better at this. Never done a commentary so bare with me.
Feedback is appreciated Be sure to drop a like too if possible.
Episode 1 - Starting:
Episode 2 - Beginner Moneymaking:
Episode 3 - Setting Up:
Episode 4 - Beginner Hunting:
Episode 5 - Gardening:
Episode 6 - Simple Cooking:
Episode 7 - Beginner Farming:
Episode 8 - Clothing and Slotting Artifacts:
Episode 9 - Cotton Cleaning and Weaving;
Episode 10 - Prospecting, Mining, and Smelting Iron:
Episode 11 - Building Walls
(This series is intended to draw new players and help some newer players out)


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How to wash and dry your leather sport gloves and dress gloves.
We do not recommend washing leather gloves frequently. Water can make the leather dry and decrease the life span. If you need to wash your leather sport or dress gloves, follow the steps in the guides below. For gloves made of other materials please follow the care label.
1. Leather should never be machine washed. To remove stain, use a damp cloth and high fat soap to get rid of the dirt.
2. Gloves dry best in an upright position. Some models come with a carabiner that keeps the gloves together and is useful when hanging your gloves to dry.
3. Remove liners when washing your gloves. This speeds up the drying process and allows you to wash the liners separately. Please note that wool liners must be hand washed and dried on a flat surface. If your gloves do not have removable liners, do not turn them inside out. The liner, insulation and membrane can be difficult to put back into place.
Washing a pair of dress gloves is like washing your hands. Either wash them under running warm water or in a bold filled with water.
1. Put them on and then soak them in the warm water.
2. In order not to dry out the leather too much, use a mild soap with a lot of natural fat. Gently rub it into your gloves. Rinse thoroughly under running water and make sure to get all the soap out.
3. When cleaned, gently squeeze out most of the remaining water. Make sure not to twist the gloves as it will damage them.
4. Put them in a dry towel and squeeze gently one last time to make sure there is not excess water left.
5. Lay your gloves on a flat surface to dry at room temperature. Avoid any kind of heat source as it will damage the leather. Reshape them as needed to recover your original fit. Your gloves will take many hours to dry, and during this time put them on a few times and reshape them on your hands as they dry.


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Engine Lubricants - Solving The Flat-Tappet Puzzle
How Lubricant Choices Contribute to Flat-Tappet Cam Failure
Flat-tappet camshafts are commonplace in the motorsports scene. From NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to IMCA Mods, guys across the nation are running this venerable design. About ten years ago, these cams started failing for no apparent reason. Through quite a bit of hard work, the cam companies eventually got to the root of the problem...oil. Since then, it has been fairly well publicized and one would think with all the media coverage of the subject racers would have caught on. However, people are still experiencing problems with their flat-tappet cams so we decided to take a look at the solution.
Of course before delving into the solution, let's take a look at the problem. All motor oils contain a variety of additives based on their intended use-high RPM, high mileage, low temperature, etc. Some have more, some have less. It all depends on the application. For years, one of those additives was Zinc Dialkyl Dithio Phosphate, or more commonly known as ZDDP. Originally developed in the '30s, ZDDP is an anti-wear/anti-oxidant additive. It also offers up excellent anti-scuffing properties as well, making it a perfect protectant for engines running flat-tappet cams. It was a standard ingredient in motor oil all the way through the '90s.
Unfortunately, the phosphorous in ZDDP plays havoc with catalytic convertors. The roller cam engines of today's production cars don't require the oil to have a big shot of ZDDP, so Detroit lobbied the oil companies to drop the ZDDP levels to preserve the cats and, subsequently, make it easier to achieve the government mandated 100,000 mile emissions warranty.
The problem was nobody in the oil companies said anything to the aftermarket. "I think from our standpoint they neglect to see an entire market that exists today," says Comp Cams' Scooter Brothers. "They saw it only through their eyes and figured everything has roller cams in it so it's no big deal. Let's just do it."
These formulation changes had a huge effect on the aftermarket that rippled through the racing community, and Brothers had firsthand experience with it. "Many years ago I had the problem with the engines from Roush. We couldn't even get an engine off the dyno without failing a cam," says Brothers. "We kept beating ourselves up thinking we didn't know how to make a cam anymore. We changed tapers, we changed lifters, we changed everything we knew how to change on the cam looking for the solution."
Brothers sort of laughs about the incident now, but it was a lot of work back then.
"We went through all kinds of things throughout this process of trying to find out what was wrong, scribing a little line on the lifter bores to squirt a little oil down there, drilling a hole in the bottom of the lifter, putting a spray bar in there to spray oil directly on the cam. Well, that was when Roush was sponsored by Valvoline, and we found out that somebody in the Valvoline labs changed something in the oil. As it turned out, as long as we had the correct oil it was fine. You know we just didn't have the right lubricant package in the oil." Once Brothers and Roush got the manufacturer to put the ZDDP back in the oil, the problem went away.
In heavily loaded applications such as a race motor, an oil wedge between metal parts such as camshaft, rockers, etc., cannot be sustained. As a result, metal-to-metal contact will occur unless a sacrificial coating is formed (see chart A, p.48). ZDDP is a polar molecule, so it's attracted to carbon steel surfaces where it reacts with heat, to create that sacrificial coating. The protective coating prevents metal-to-metal contact, which reduces friction and wear, and ultimately in a race motor prevents flat-tappet cam failure.
It's simple enough. If you run a motor with a flat-tappet camshaft then you need to use the proper assembly lube, break-in oil and racing oil all the time. These lubricants should have enough ZDDP or other zinc additive to provide a sufficient buffer against cam lobe failure. Today's race motors have higher engine speeds, higher spring loads, faster lifter acceleration and more. We're using crankcase evacuation systems where there is negative pressure in the crankcase which is pulling all the oil away from the camshaft. All of these things add up to a tremendously harsh environment. If you aren't using the right lubricant package you're asking for trouble.
But be warned, you may have a buddy who has run standard engine oil in his flat-tappet motor and never experienced a problem. "There's a chance that he'll put it in and never have a problem," says Brothers. "It'll perform just fine, it'll break in just fine and he'll never have a problem. However, that all depends on where that engine falls in the performance spectrum and how lucky the guy is that day."
The risk isn't worth it, and there is absolutely no risk to using the proper oils. So, unless you like replacing expensive engine components, you should not be buying the motor oil for your race engine at Wal-Mart. But how do you know which oil is the best for your application? Ask. There are a number of manufacturers out there who produce and market oils and lubricants specifically for racecar applications, such as Brad Penn, Royal Purple, and Joe Gibbs Racing Oil. All of which have sufficient levels of ZDDP to ensure flat-tappet cam operation.
"Late in the '90s we first began to see the problem," says Lake Speed Jr. of Joe Gibbs Racing Oil. "With the reduction in phosphorous and zinc levels, we began to experience engine failures with our Cup series engines. Of course this was magnified by the fact we were trying to turn 9,000 rpms." At the time the team had a sponsorship from an oil company making it relatively easy for them to find and solve the problem. Their sponsor custom blended an oil formula for them that solved their problem. "We needed a lube system that would allow us to assemble and break in the engine so that we knew what we had," says Speed. Eventually that formulation provided the foundation for a whole business for Gibbs and now that race team sells the oil they use in their cars.
Like Gibbs, American Refining Company offers a range of lubricants under the Brad Penn brand that offer high ZDDP concentrations for racing applications. American Refining Company is the oldest continuous running refinery in the United States. In addition, they are the only refinery in the United States that processes 100 percent pure Pennsylvania crude oil, which provides a unique cut off of the fractional tower. Now, refining crude oil into gasoline, butane, and motor oil is a complicated process, but suffice to say the fractional tower is a key machine in the whole system. The "cut" is oil industry speak that refers to the base oil taken from the refining process. Once a base oil is in hand, refineries can then begin to add other additives to develop a product that delivers optimum lubrication for a particular application.
American Refining's Dick Glady cautions that achieving the optimum lubrication for your race engine means balance. "The industry is attributing a lot of the problems with flat-tappet cams to the reduction of the zinc in the oil. That reduction upset the balance. Having a good balance of base oils and additives is the key in formulating a good race engine oil. For example, race engine oils need to have a range of 1,200 to 1,500 ppm (parts per million) of zinc. Our Brad Penn Grade 1 Racing Oils have 1,500 ppm zinc and 1,410 ppm phosphorus."
But having those levels of zinc and phosphorous are only half of the equation. You also need to consider the base oils. Pennsylvania crude oil, which is the base stock for Brad Penn Racing Oils, has a naturally occurring wetting agent that enables the oil to stay put and resist slinging for an extended period of time. That's important for critical areas such as flat-tappet cams and pistons/cylinder walls. After all, oil staying put means that it can better do its job of lubricating and protecting those internal engine components.
Regardless of the type of oil you choose to run, Speed and Glady agree that you should remain consistent with your brand choice. "The worst thing you can do to your motor is change your brand of oil regularly," says Speed.
"You shouldn't mix oil brands because each brand is typically formulated with a select balance of additive systems that are unique," adds Glady.
Different oils and lubricants have different additives that can, at the very least, compete with one another and in the worst case scenario cancel each other out. Remember when you drain the oil from your engine the internal components that were exposed to the additive package still have those additives on their surfaces.
Speed says, "Be consistent with a good quality brand, and change the filter regularly."
In addition to buying a race specific oil, you can also use a conventional oil and then buy a zinc additive to put into the oil, thereby boosting the zinc levels to the necessary 1,500 ppm that Glady spoke of. Richard Iskendarian of Isky Racing Cams says, "As far as oils go, we highly recommend the Brad Penn Racing Oil and Joe Gibbs Racing Oil. However, if customers prefer to use other oils without a high zinc content, we recommend a product called ZDDP Plus which replaces the EOS that GM discontinued about the middle of last year. The ZDDP Plus will take a sub-par oil and boost the zinc levels considerably. However, you should not add the ZDDP Plus to Brad Penn or Joe Gibbs as these already have generous amounts of zinc already." That would upset the balance Glady spoke of.
Comp Cams just introduced a new surface treatment available on all their products, Pro Plasma Nitriding. The process treats a narrow band of 1.5 to 2 thousanths deep on the surface, thereby increasing its hardness by about 15 pts on the Rockwell scale. In a nutshell, it eliminates any type of break-in problems.
The origin of Pro Plasma Nitriding is interesting to say the least. "Years ago we'd sell a lot of the 2300 Pinto cams," says Scooter Brothers. "Everybody here used to laugh about them and call them boomerang cams because they always came back with flattened lobes. Then somebody got this wild hair to try nitriding them. So we sent them to a place in Michigan. Once we started nitriding them, all of a sudden we didn't have any more problems."
With the rise of the sport compact movement, the Pinto cams and similar designs found a new home, and with the increased business the guys at Comp decided to buy their own machine and Pro Plasma Nitriding was born. "It's the closest thing that I've ever seen that enables me to say it absolutely stops the problem. I hate to say 100 percent assurance that it won't go flat, but knock on wood I haven't seen any probelms."
Synthetic oils are all the rage, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are good for racing applications. "The lubricity of synthetics is too much for a break in process," says Dick Glady, who recommends a break-in specific oil when firing up that new engine for the first time. And while they have their place in the industry, you don't need to run a full synthetic in your race motor. In fact, Brad Penn's synthetic blend oils have only 10 percent synthetic base stock. They've found that percentage is optimum in delivering better oxidation stability on the top end.
At the end of the day, if you're running a flat-tappet cam motor (and there are a lot of you out there) you owe it to your racing program to choose the right oil for your application. If you're building a motor, you need to use a good racing assembly lubricant, the proper break in oil and finally a good racing oil, like one of the brands mentioned here. Don't hesitate to contact the manufacturer of the oil or the cam as they will be more than happy to answer any of your questions. Remember using the proper oil may be the easiest thing you can do to prevent an unwanted cam failure.


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Enchanting images with Inky Lines, a Pi‑powered polargraph
A hanging plotter, also known as a polar plotter or polargraph, is a machine for drawing images on a vertical surface. It does so by using motors to control the length of two cords that form a V shape, supporting a pen where they meet. We've featured one on this blog before: Norbert "HomoFaciens" Heinz's video is a wonderfully clear introduction to how a polargraph works and what you have to consider when you're putting one together.
Today, we look at Inky Lines, by John Proudlock. With it, John is creating a series of captivating and beautiful pieces, and with his most recent work, each rendering of an image is unique.
An evolving project
The project isn't new – John has been working on it for at least a couple of years – but it is constantly evolving. When we first spotted it, John had just implemented code to allow the plotter to produce mesmeric, spiralling patterns.
But we're skipping ahead. Let's go back to the beginning.
From pixels to motor movements
John starts by providing an image, usually no more than 100 pixels wide, to a Raspberry Pi. Custom software that he wrote evaluates the darkness of each pixel and selects a pattern of a suitable density to represent it.
The two cords supporting the plotter's pen are wound around the shafts of two stepper motors, such that the movement of the motors controls the length of the cords: the program next calculates how much each motor must move in order to produce the pattern. The Raspberry Pi passes corresponding instructions to two motor circuits, which transform the signals to a higher voltage and pass them to the stepper motors. These turn by very precise amounts, winding or unwinding the cords and, very slowly, dragging the pen across the paper.
John explains,
Suspended in-between the two motors is a print head, made out of a new 3-d modelling material I've been prototyping called cardboard. An old coat hanger and some velcro were also used.
(He's our kind of maker.)
Unique images
The earlier drawings that John made used a repeatable method to render image files as lines on paper. That is, if the machine drew the same image a number of times, each copy would be identical. More recently, though, he has been using a method that yields random movements of the pen:
The pen point is guided around the image, but moves to each new point entirely at random. Up close this looks like a chaotic squiggle, but from a distance of a couple of meters, the human eye (and brain) make order from the chaos and view an infinite number of shades and a smoother, less mechanical image.
This method means that no matter how many times the polargraph repeats the same image, each copy will be unique.
A gallery of work
Inky Lines' website and its Instagram feed offer a collection of wonderful pieces John has drawn with his polargraph, and he discusses the different techniques and types of image that he is exploring.
They range from holiday photographs, processed to extract particular features and rendered in silhouette, to portraits, made with a single continuous line that can be several hundred metres long, to generative spirograph images like those pictured above, created by an algorithm rather than rendered from a source image.


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The idea made sense: create a "governor's park" around the Florida Governor's Mansion to spruce up the entrance by buying up shabby commercial property on the adjacent street and replace it with a grand boulevard and a visitors commons.
But it was an idea that was going to take cash. Lots of cash: $2.3 million for the project and $2.7 million more to acquire an old house, a pawn shop, a tire store and three other properties nearby, records from 2011 and 2012 show.
First Lady Ann Scott embraced the project. Mansion director Carol Beck was on board, the governor's deputies coordinated the effort with donations from the state's top industries and persuaded Republican legislative leaders to dedicate $2.5 million in the state budget. A lavish party at the Mansion was held to recognize the generosity of the corporate donors.
But while records show that everyone involved was using state time to do the work, they wanted to avoid creating a public records trail, so they used private email accounts and private cell phones to keep what they were doing out of the public eye.
The practice was part of the culture in the new governor's office. The governor's first two chiefs of staff, Mike Prendergast and Steve MacNamara, instructed employees to use personal emails and personal cell phone text messages to communicate anything that was sensitive, creating a barrier to access when records requests were made, former employees have told the Herald/Times. More here.
The details about the governor's park emerged only after a judge ordered them released last year as part of a lawsuit by Tallahassee lawyer Steven R. Andrews. He successfully sued the governor and Cabinet for attempting to break a contract he had to purchase a building near the Mansion that houses his office.
Although Andrews' property wasn't initially included in the "governor's park" project, it was later rolled together in Scott's so-called "legacy project" that included updating the furnishings in the current mansion in addition to building the adjacent park.
Andrews sued the governor's office for withholding documents and, in the process, found that everyone from the First Lady and her assistant to the mansion director and the governor's deputies — Carrie O'Rourke, Chris Finkbeiner and Carly Hermanson — used private email accounts and cell phones to communicate about the mansion project.
The governor's lawyers have also adopted a policy never before employed in state government, instructing employees that they were custodians of the public documents on their private accounts. The result: the governor's former employees must hire lawyers to represent them in handling records requests that traditionally had been the responsibility of the state.
"We follow the law," Scott told reporters last week, dismissing Andrews as "an individual that sues the state, tries to cause problems."
The governor's office "code of conduct" forbids text messages and requires that employees refrain from using personal email accounts "unless such use is necessary." Employees then must "retain them in accordance with the Department of State retention policy."
But, records show, the policies are widely ignored.
"This is foundation business, not EOG (Executive Office of the Governor,)'' wrote Carrie O'Rourke, the governor's deputy chief of staff in a Jan. 9, 2012, text message to Beck, the mansion curator. "Pls do not use that account moving forward."
And in an apparent attempt to avoid the appearance of fundraising on state time, Beck had checks sent to her home — instead of a state building, according to records obtained by Andrews.
"Make checks payable to the Governors Mansion Foundation," Beck wrote in an email to potential contributor, former Scott campaign finance chairman Mike Fernandez, in January 2012. Beck used her private AOL account, not her state account, and added: "In order to expedite receipt, please mail to my attention at the following address." She then listed her home address.
Copied on the email was O'Rourke, using O'Rourke's private Yahoo account.
When Andrews, in a public records request, sought all documents and communications regarding the Mansion project, the governor's Office of Open Government replied that some documents could not be released because they were attorney "work product" and the text messages did not exist.
Colleen Andrews, a paralegal in the firm and Steve Andrews' wife, said she discovered the existence of the text messages after finding that Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel Vinyard had sent text messages to O'Rourke about the mansion. The governor's office told Andrews to approach O'Rourke.
Colleen Andrews said she has doubts about whether what she has received is the true record. "I don't know if we're getting all the messages, are they holding some back and are some deleted?"
Brian Ballard, a a prominent GOP fundraiser and member the Governor's Mansion Foundation board, said that if there was any attempt at secrecy "it was an innocent mistake."
He said the goal of the Mansion Foundation was to enhance the entrance to governor's residence "to celebrate our history and our Capitol" and there was "never a conversation" about shielding the campaign from the public.
O'Rourke and Beck would not respond to requests for comment. The governor's spokesman, John Tupps, would not comment on why the governor's office used private email accounts for public business or why private fundraising was managed on state time.
"The Mansion Foundation is a legislatively authorized direct support organization, whose function is to raise funds for public purposes; in this case historic preservation,'' he said.
When asked if it was the governor's policy to allow fundraising for private entities on state time, Tupps answered: "No."
Records obtained by Andrews show that O'Rourke, Beck and Ann Scott's aide, Sarah Hansford, actively sought to raise funds from some of the most powerful industries in the state — all of whom benefited from remaining in the governor's good graces.
Florida Power & Light, U.S. Sugar, Florida Crystals and Blue Cross Blue Shield wrote checks for $100,000 each. Donations for $20,000 also came in from Ballard, Scott's political adviser Tony Fabrizio, lobbyist Billy Rubin, and George Zoley, the CEO of the private prison company The GEO Group, which runs two Florida prisons. Joe and Samara Caruncho, owner of the state's largest Medicare Advantage program, wrote a $25,000 check.
"U.S. Sugar just came thru w check for $100k!!!'' Beck wrote in a text to O'Rourke on Feb. 13. "Heading over to Ballard firm to pick up and deposit."
Ballard said the project is now on hold, in part, because of Andrews' lawsuits. After the governor's legal office released the records to Andrews, they also clarified their policy and required that all Mansion Foundation documents be retained as public records.


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We've been busy with new projects, lots of drawings and conventions here in Brazil. I'm working on the new CASANOVA: AVARITIA issues, we're adapting a Brazilian novel into a Graphic Novel, we're working on a illustration book and we're also trying to put new ideas together. All that while we tour around the world to spread the love for comics.
Well, this is one of the illustrations I just did for a poster of a concert, a simphony about São Paulo.
Initial sketch was made on a notebook, 3 inches tall.
I don't usually do this, but this time I have printed the sketch bigger and used it as the skeleton for the pencils, just because I liked the composition so much and it would be very hard to get it right on the bigger size artwork. I'm working on a A4 size here, not that big in fact.
Inked version, using Micron and Staedtler pens.
Since I have scanned the pencil, I noticed how nice the paper texture turned out to be and how it would dialogue well with the city. I decided to incorporate that into the final artwork.
The pattern on the sky is a tile pattern typical of São Paulo, with a very clever use of tiles forming the shape of the state.
It's kind of my homage to Katsuhiro Otomo as well. I always loved how his cities are more than just backgrounds and are treated as characters, his light and shadows and the use of zipatone and patterns in the black and white art.
Well... Back to work.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Lots of different stuff and a São Paulo pinup
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Labels: Gabriel Bá, ink, Katsuhiro Otomo, pencil, pinup, São Paulo, sketch
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Casanova, strip and stuff
I know we're already twins and we can do double the amount of work, but sometimes I could use an extra pair of hands. We've been busy.
Bá is going strong on Casanova Avaritia pages (thumbnails shown above) and I just finished our weekly strip (we publish a weekly strip in Brazil's biggest newspaper). It's weird how some of our world will take a long time to be published worldwide, and at the same time other works of ours, being done at the same time, will be puvblished in the US fast and will take a long time to be published in Brazil. It's like we can't please everybody, which sadly I think is true.
The Scream Awards! You can vote for us until October 18th, but why wait? VOTE NOW!
(Our comic doesn't have vampires or zombies, but it's ver cool anyway.)
Habibi, which is Craig Thompson's new book, is awesome and it comes out next week. Check out the book's website to see if Craig is doing a signing near you and go get his great book. Bá and I will have some Craig-related news soon.
Back to work.
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Labels: casanova, inspiration, sketches, strip
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Daytripper nominated for SCREAM AWARDS!
Posted by Bá at 10:51 AM 1 comments
Labels: comicbooks, Daytripper, Graphic Novels, Scream Awards
Monday, September 05, 2011
CASANOVA is back... AGAIN... FINALLY!
On September 7th, the wait is over. Even people who have not been waiting will have not to wait any longer, because that which they did not know will be known at last. Yes, confusing. But yes, amazing.
The new CASANOVA : AVARITIA series starts this wednesday, a four issues series, each chapter with 32 pages filled with crazy, sexy, complicated and fun sci-fi stuff for people who really give a shit about comics. Written by super-star Matt Fraction, art by humble me (yet, awesome art by humble me), hand lettered by Dustin Harbin and colors Cris Peter. Published by ICON!
And if you're one of them, you might like to know that Floating World in Portland has an exposition of original Casanova pages during September, pages ranging from Luxuria, to Gula and the freshly started AVARITIA. Go check out the amazing black and white artwork, just to compare to the great color work Cris Peter is doing on the series.
Well, what are you waiting for?
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Labels: casanova, comics, Gabriel Bá, Matt Fraction


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I also like it! You can implement a 'speed' pickup and you're free from critique.From my personal perspective you must do it more 'over the top' (again, this is a question of taste, not a rule). The explosions must be bigger, the projectiles and ships should be bigger then their hit-boxes... anyway, i got excited, thats why i'm suggesting things
Features:- Player Ship now flashes during 1.5 second period of invulnerablitly after losing a life.- Screen flashes red when the player loses a life.- changed green weapon to piercing beam that travels through enemies and reduced weapon damage to compensate.- changed red weapon to fire beams to the left and right aswell as forwards with the forward shot being slightly more powerful.- Slightly increased blue weapon damage.- doubled damage caused by the starting weapon.- removed player health gauge and replaced it with a standard numerical display. - removed player life cap.- player ship starting speed and speed cap increased with bullet speed increased to compensate. - added new type of explosion for when enemies are hit by bullets but are not killed.- added option screen with volume sliders for explosion volume and global volume control.- added Option to set the number of lives that the player starts with.- added enemy transport ships for carrying powerups.- added camera fade in at the start of a level and camera fade out at the end.- added new weapon for type C enemies.- added new type D enemy.- added Credits page.Fixes:- small enemies firing while Offscreen fixed.- Changed gravity setting for keyboard controls to eliminate momentum.- Lowered Volume of pickup sound for powerups.- removed ability to select non 16:9 aspect ratios.- health pickup colour changed to orange.Optimisation:- reduced resolution of texture maps for terrain to 256 x 256 from 1024 x 1024.- reduced Indirect Resolution of terrain lightmaps to 0.1 texels per unit from 0.5 texels per unit.- reduced foliage texture resolution to 512 x 512 from 1024 x 1024.


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Taking your kids to Paris, London or Pisa might not be in the budget but you can turn their building blocks into the city's most famous landmarks. What a great way to introduce learning about far away places by using your kid's own blocks. This was so simple and can be redone with so many different themes like these animal ones ,or faces you don't even need a printer if you want to hand draw the pictures. My son didn't participate in making the blocks ( I think he gets enough crafts, what do you think?) but from toddler to school age kids can color or draw the buildings too.
- Gather your materials. You will need some building blocks. Any will do but here is my opinion- we used Fisher-Price Little People Builders Blocks, they are big, snap together but not too tightly. They let me be sorta sloppy with the contact paper. If there was some bunched up I could still snap them together. Duplo is less forgiving so you will need to only get contact paper on the side none on the top where the blocks come together. Wood blocks would work well but might frustrate younger ones who want them to stay together. You will also need pictures of whatever buildings you want to use, scissors, contact paper and clear tape.
- Start by laying out what blocks you will need for each building.
- Now here I did it two ways. I first cut the image into the pieces for the blocks, then cut the contact paper and put it on. It was tedious.
- The other way was to use one large piece of contact paper place the image on it face down, lay the blocks on it, make snips where you need to cut.
- Cut and apply to the blocks. This worked WAY better. I am not the most patient or careful because my window for doing anything without kids interrupting is tiny these days but as you can see even not too careful turned out great.
- Put them together!
- Time to play – he may not have participated in the making but he sure did with the playing.
- It's mega-landmark!


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At last night's ULTA Donate With a Kiss event in N.Y.C., we couldn't help but notice new mom Kristin Cavallari's svelte new shape.
Just eight weeks after welcoming son Camden Jack, the 25-year-old debuted her slimmer figure in a black and leather Rubin Singer sheath paired with slinky heels while helping promote the company's breast cancer charity.
So how is the star losing the baby weight?
"I honestly can say I owe it all to breastfeeding," she tells PEOPLE Tuesday.
"I read somewhere that it's like running six miles a day. I know nursing is difficult for a lot of moms so it's easier said than done. I eat healthy in general and I'm taking it easy in the gym and working out three to four days a week."
But according to Cavallari that doesn't mean she's beach-ready — yet.
"I do want to tone up my stomach a little bit more. Trust me, if you saw me I'm not ready for a bikini, let's just put it that way," she says with a laugh. "I'm close, but I haven't [lost all the weight]."


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Are Sports Fans Happier?
Let the madness begin!
March is the time when vasectomies increase by 50 percent thanks to the much-anticipated opportunity for patients to "recover" in front of their TVs.
March is also the time when workplaces do some real number-crunching: on the expected loss in employee productivity (estimated at 8.4 million hours and $192 million last year); on money bet on office pools (a hefty chunk of the $2.5 billion in total sports wagering each year); and even on the number of times workers hit the so-called "Boss Button" (computer software that instantly hides live video of games with a phony business spreadsheet), which was activated more than 3.3 million times during the first four days of last year's tournament.
But mostly, the NCAA Basketball Championship—better known as "March Madness" or "The Big Dance"—is a time that gives us something to cheer about beyond the game itself. If history and science hold true, no matter the outcome of the three-week tournament that begins in March, most of the millions who will follow its hard-court action will emerge as winners. "That's because in the long run it's really not the games that matter," says Daniel Wann, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Murray State University in Kentucky and author of Sports Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Spectators. "Being a fan gives us something to talk about, to share and bond with others. And for the vast majority of people, it's psychologically healthier when you can increase social connections with others."
After conducting some 200 studies over the past two decades, Wann, a leading researcher on "sports fandom," finds consistent results: people who identify themselves as sports fans tend to have lower rates of depression and higher self-esteem than those who don't. Blame it on our primal nature. "Sports fandom is really a tribal thing," says Wann, a phenomenon that can help fulfill our psychological need to belong—providing similar benefits to the social support achieved through religious, professional, or other affiliations. "We've known for decades that social support—our tribal network—is largely responsible for keeping people mentally sound. We really do have a need to connect with others in some way."
But when it comes to opportunities to connect, the Big Dance may have a foothold over other sporting events. "The beauty of March Madness is that it attracts people of all levels of sports fandom—and for different reasons," says Edward Hirt, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Indiana University who researches how fanship affects social identity.
Some watch, whether or not they usually follow sports, because they are alumni or have another previous affiliation to these "tribal networks"—the 60-plus participating college teams. Others connect on the spot, perhaps because it's easier to form emotional allegiances with gutsy amateur athletes who compete with heart and soul (and while juggling mid-term exams) rather than for the paychecks collected by millionaire pros.
Also consider the unique nature of the tournament itself—a series of back-to-back games over the course of several weeks with little to no idle time in between during which a casual fan might lose interest. "I have not seen any empirical evidence to support that March Madness is necessarily better than other sports events" for promoting mood and mindset enhancements. "But theoretically I expect it could be," says Wann.
"There are only a couple of events—the Super Bowl also comes to mind—that seem to transcend typical fandom into being akin to a national holiday … a reason for people to get together. But with the Super Bowl, everything leads to one game—and most of the time it's an anticlimatic one that's over by half-time."
With March Madness, however, Wann notes, "there's a longer, more drawn out event that provides more opportunities to engage in social opportunities and connections. And bonds tend to be stronger with a longer passage of time."
Do the math: More games + more time = more opportunities to share for better bonding. "Because upsets are a normal occurrence, and you get runs by Cinderella teams knocking off the perennial favorites, there's enough uncertainty and unpredictability in this tournament to get people excited—and keep them excited," adds Hirt. "Early games affect later decisions; there's a cascading effect, as opposed to a one-time pick … and that allows for the pride that comes with someone with no sports expertise being able to win the office pool."
Maybe that's why despite a short-term productivity loss many experts believe that March Madness actually benefits the workplace in the long term. Bonds formed in office pools and post-game water-cooler chatter build morale and inspire teamwork. At afterwork get-togethers in front of the tube, buddies can share chicken wings—and their emotions. "You have guys hugging each other, cursing at the ref, and bonding by sharing a sense of commonality," says Hirt. "Where else can guys express their emotions like that?"
And those other relationships? Although studies show that two to four percent of marriages are negatively affected when one spouse is an ardent fan (think of the so-called "football widow"), sports fandom has a positive or neutral effect on nearly half of relationships, says Wann. "It gives many couples something to do together or allows one to have time to go off and do their own thing."
Even if you watch in solitude, March Madness and other sporting events provide a diversion from the woes of everyday life—if only for a few hours. "Older people, especially when widowed or physically incapacitated, are more likely than others to relate to televised events," says Stuart Fischoff, Ph.D., senior editor of the Journal of Media Psychology and a California State University, Los Angeles, professor emeritus of psychology. "Watching sports helps us get outside ourselves."
With the thrill of victory, many fans experience bona fide joy—complete with hormonal and other physiological changes such as increased pulse and feelings of elation. And with defeat, the overwhelming majority may initially feel sadness and disappointment, but usually rebound within a day or two, studies show.
However, lest we present too rosy a picture, it must be said that sports fandom can also be a health hazard. In a 2008 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that on days when Germany's soccer team played in the World Cup, cardiac emergencies more than tripled for German men and nearly doubled for women. Of course, European soccer fans are an extreme bunch; but even in the U.S., although visits to hospital emergency rooms tend to decrease during a much-anticipated sports game, there's a higher-than-usual surge immediately after the game ends. The explanation: To see a game's final outcome, some die-hard fans delay making that trip to the ER.
And, of course, no story about March Madness would be complete without mention of gambling. The odds of predicting all game winners are about 9.2 quintillion to one. Yet when it comes to sports betting, nothing turns John Q. Fan into Jimmy the Greek more than the NCAA tournament. Workplace camaraderie is one reason. But there's another important factor.
Bragging rights.
With Super Bowl pools there's just a series of boxes with different scores. If you're lucky enough to pick the right one, you win. "But it's a more complex task in filling out all the March Madness brackets, and a seductive pleasure in trying to predict the upsets," says psychologist Edward Hirt.
Another reason why nearly twice as much money is wagered on March Madness than the Super Bowl: More than in other events, NCAA tournament fans simultaneously root for more than one team, triggering a greater likelihood of making multiple bets.
With other sports championships you have to wait a week or at least several days between games, but this sports soap opera—with its David versus Goliath battles—continues night and day, providing a stronger hook.
So let the games begin. Whatever the final outcome, odds are good that the overall advantage—for mind, body, and spirit—is definitely in your court.
Sid Kirchheimer talks more about the benefits of being a sports fan in this radio interview with KZIM.


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Sony agrees to pay £250K fine in UK for 2011 data breach, begrudgingly
Remember the 2011 attack that crippled Sony's PlayStation Network, leaked almost a quarter million users' information and generally was a nuisance? It's still cleaning up after that mess. Earlier this year, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) slapped the company's European wing with a £250,000 fine ($377,575), saying it should have been better prepared for the attack -- now Sony's agreed to pay up. The electronics giant still maintains that the charge is without merit, but ceded to the penalty to avoid disclosing details about its security procedures. Apparently, the two months of free PS+ wasn't enough to make everybody forget.


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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nissan Motor Co. and its French alliance partner Renault SA on Monday reported record-high global vehicle sales of around 8.1 million units for 2012, up 0.9 percent from the year before, despite sluggish demand in China and Europe.
The alliance, however, ranked fourth among automakers worldwide, slipping from third in 2011, as the Toyota Motor Corp. group returned to top spot after placing fourth the previous year.
The alliance's vehicle sales, including those of Russia's Avtovaz, showed a sharp fall in growth, after posting an increase of 10.3 percent in 2011, hit hard by weak demand for Renault cars in Europe.
By company, Nissan's sales rose 5.8 percent to an all-time high of 4.94 million units, backed by a pickup in U.S. demand, while Renault's dropped 6.3 percent to 2.55 million units and Avtovaz's shrank 5.5 percent to 610,891 units.
"2012 was a challenging year due to the continued decline in Renault's historic core market of western Europe and due to political tension in China, Nissan's top market worldwide," Renault-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn said in a statement.
Sales of Japanese cars in China plunged last year due to a territorial dispute between Asia's two biggest economies.
The Toyota group, including Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd., was the world's top seller in 2012 with 9.74 million units, followed by General Motors Co. with 9.28 million units and Volkswagen AG's 9.07 million units.


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The GNOME project provides two things: The GNOME desktop environment, which is an intuitive and attractive desktop for users, and the GNOME development platform, an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop. You can learn more about how GNOME can work for you in our Why Choose GNOME? page.
GNOME is Free Software and part of the GNU project, dedicated to giving users and developers the ultimate level of control over their desktops, their software, and their data. Find out more about the GNU project and Free Software at gnu.org.
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You can configure the tool to suit your needs using the Preferences dialog. To do this, choose Tools > Preferences... . or click , and then select Application Builder in the list on the left side of the Preferences dialog.
Figure 29.5 Application Builder Preferences
To make the Application Builder clear the output before each build, select the Clear output before doing build option.
To prevent automatic saving of your edited script before a build, deselect the Save the build script before doing build option.
To make the Application Builder ensure that the cursor is at the end of the current output before each build, select the Move to the end of the output when start building option.
You can control whether the Application Builder displays its toolbar by the option Show Toolbar on the General tab, as described in Toolbar configurations.
Click OK in the Preferences dialog to confirm your options and save them for future use.
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The dumpster is a magical place, full of golden trash that can tell you so much about another human being. While you can acquire plenty of useful information digitally, you can learn even more from what people throw away.
Note: This post discusses ways you can invade someone's privacy, but is written tongue-in-cheek. We don't actually recommend you start digging through trash. Use the information here to protect yourself, not hurt others.
Isn't "Borrowing" Someone's Trash Illegal?
Actually, no. Dumpster diving isn't really illegal in many states. If you're a member of the police force, you can legally sift through and claim trash without a warrant and the circumstances are pretty much the same for civilians:
The current law in the U.S.A. (federal as well as most states) is that (1) a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy for contents of garbage and (2) a person has relinquished any property interest in garbage, even when it sits in metal trash cans or opaque plastic bags at the person's home awaiting collection. This sorry state of affairs needs correction, probably by legislation.
It may be illegal in some states, but trash appears to be fair game for the most part. Trespassing, on the other hand, is illegal. If the trash is on a person's private property, you ought to wait until they bring it out to the curb to hunt for goodies.
What Can I Find in the Trash?
You can find a lot of useful in formation in the trash. Security expert Brandon Gregg provides several examples:
Dumpster diving, trash pulls, digging in the garbage or whatever you may call it often times provides great intel and evidence due to people's consistent disregard for their own privacy. What maybe a meaningless piece of garbage to them, can build your intel about the suspect to a level that would creep the average person out. Family names, former addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, bank statements, credit card purchases, DNA (toothbrushes, combs, cups, etc) and a whole slough of raw data can be found and combined to give you further intel gathering tools (social engineering, pre-texting, etc) or even provide you with a smoking gun for your investigation.
How do you use this information to your advantage? Whatever you find in the garbage can be cross-referenced with other found garbage or information online. Use the information you discovered in the trash to search for new information online, then look for commonalities and see what's accurate. It's pretty basic stuff, but important. If information doesn't add up, you may have actual trash on your hands and not details about a person you can actually use.
How People Can Foil Your Plans
Clever people will obliterate their private information before throwing it away. Shredding sensitive documents, mail with any personal data on it, and even prescription drug labels makes it much harder to learn things about them. That said, you may want to learn about a person's day-to-day activities or find out details about their lives. If they only shred sensitive information, you can still learn plenty from greeting cards, letters, and other mail (e.g. their birthday, who their friends and family are, when they're planning a vacation, etc.). The only way a person can truly foil a dumpster diver is to shred it all.
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GERRISH, BENJAMIN, merchant and officeholder; b. 19 Oct. 1717 in Boston, Massachusetts, youngest son of John Gerrish and Sarah Hobbes (Hobbs); m. 1744 Rebecca Dudley in Boston; d. 6 May 1772 in Southampton, England.
Benjamin Gerrish was reared in Boston, where his father was a prosperous merchant, and he was probably involved in business there with his older brother Joseph after their father's death in 1737. Following his brother, Gerrish moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, apparently in 1751. Like other New England merchants who established themselves in Halifax at this time, he was attracted by the prospects of the profits to be gained from supplying both the military and the civilian sectors of the population and from exploiting the area's resources. He entered into partnership with Joseph Gray, and their firm became one of the most successful in Halifax, partly because of profits realized during the Seven Years' War.
The Gerrishes were among those New England merchants who applied pressure on Governor Charles Lawrence* and the Board of Trade in the mid 1750s to establish a house of assembly in Nova Scotia. They achieved their goal in 1758. When Joseph, who was elected to the first assembly, was appointed to the Council the following year, Benjamin successfully contested his seat. His appointment to. three positions of importance in 1760 indicated his standing as a member of Halifax's political élite; he was named a captain of militia, a justice of the peace for Halifax County, and finally, the most lucrative of all, Indian commissary. The latter post made him in effect the director of a government monopoly, in which the government assumed all the risks, paid his subordinates, and guaranteed him a percentage of proceeds from all sales to the Indians and purchases of furs from them. In addition, he was permitted to retain his private business and provide goods for the trade from his own store. Gerrish appears to have profited considerably from the appointment.
When Lawrence died in 1760, his successor, Jonathan Belcher, sought to cut the enormous losses being incurred in the Indian trade by turning the monopoly over to a private contractor. In the spring of 1761 the Council recommended Michael Francklin, but Belcher insisted that Francklin was a cover for Gerrish and awarded the contract to Alexander Grant. Gerrish was permitted to retain the nominal title of Indian commissary, but he protested to the Board of Trade, claiming that the provincial government owed him some £2, 500. To press his case in London, he enlisted the support of Joshua Mauger; he eventually received about one-quarter of his claim.
The Indian trade affair proved to be one of several factors which led to an anti-Belcher movement among the Halifax merchants, supported by Mauger. In 1761, when the Lords of Trade instructed Belcher to allow the lapse of the debtors' act, a measure which stopped foreign creditors from prosecuting their Nova Scotian debtors in Nova Scotia courts, the Gerrishes led the resistance. They organized a boycott of the assembly by such members as Jonathan Binney*, Philip Augustus Knaut, and Malachy Salter, which prevented Belcher from obtaining a quorum during the winter of 1761–62. The debtors' act, which had been renewed in 1760 until the end of the first session after 1 Oct. 1761, was thus extended into 1762. The Gerrishes' task was made easier because the Halifax group had successfully contested elections in a number of communities outside the capital and thus virtually controlled the assembly. The merchants, supported in person by Mauger, also denounced Belcher to the Board of Trade. The eventual outcome was Belcher's replacement by Montagu Wilmot* in 1763. Although Benjamin and his brother had been removed from nearly all their offices for their role in the boycott, they were immediately reinstated upon Belcher's removal. Benjamin was elected to the assembly from Halifax in 1765 and three years later was appointed to the Council.
A leading Congregationalist layman and member of Mather's (St Matthew's) Church, Gerrish undertook with Salter in 1770 to appeal for financial aid from large churches in Boston on behalf of the Congregational churches and clergy in Nova Scotia. The generous response, much of which came in the form of scarce commodities, may well have strengthened Nova Scotian sympathies for the American revolution, at least during its early stages.
Gerrish, however, seems not to have become directly involved in the growing revolutionary controversy. He appears to have been something of a commercial opportunist who supported or disobeyed British regulations according to his own interest. While doing business with the British military he also participated, under Francklin's authority, in defying British restrictions on the export of coal from Cape Breton Island in 1767–68.
Gerrish made his will at Boston in 1772 before leaving for England, where he died. He left considerable property in Nova Scotia, including a large farm and mansion named Gerrish Hall in Windsor; most of the estate went to his wife and his nephew, Benjamin Gerrish Gray*.
Mass. Hist. Soc., Andrews-Eliot papers, Benjamin Gerrish and Malachy Salter to Andrew Eliot and Samuel Cooper, Halifax, 18 Jan. 1770; Benjamin Gerrish to Andrew Eliot and Samuel Cooper, Halifax, 10 May 1770; Nehemiah Porter to Andrew Eliot, Yarmouth, 16 Nov. 1770. Akins, History of Halifax City, 52, 61, 237, 253. J. G. Bourinot, Builders of Nova Scotia . . . (Toronto, 1900), 133, 146. Brebner, Neutral Yankees (1937), 18–22, 71–73, 78–79, 81–82, 84–89, 136–37, 191, 216n, 218n. MacNutt, Atlantic provinces, 68–69. A. W. H. Eaton, "Old Boston families, number two: the family of Capt. John Gerrish," New England Hist. and Geneal. Register, LXVII (1913), 105–15. W. S. MacNutt, "The beginnings of Nova Scotian politics, 1758–1766," CHR, XVI (1935), 41–53.
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Reports claimed the thieves, armed with handguns, made off with as much as one million euros (£780,000) worth of products, although police would not confirm the total, noting that the store's director was still processing the lost inventory.
Masked men forced their way into a back entrance around 9pm, three hours after the store closed, as a janitor was leaving. The janitor was "lightly injured" in the process.
Rather than snatching the iPhones, iPads and Macs on display, the thieves went straight for boxes of stocked material. Accomplices waited in a nearby, parked truck, in which the goods were loaded, and a successful getaway was made around 9:40pm. Four or five men are believed to be have been involved with the robbery.
"They prepared their coup pretty well," said Christophe Crépin, a representative of the French police union Unsa, noting that it was relatively easy to escape, because large boulevards near the store situated just behind the Palais Garnier opera house, led to several different parts of the city. In addition, "since the essential bulk of police forces were mobilised to patrol the Champs-Elysées, the thieves clearly profited from the opportunity to make their move," Mr Crépin added.
However, another Paris police source told The Telegraph there was no shortage of security forces in the city on New Year's, since added riot police were brought in from out of town to patrol crowded areas like the Champs-Elysées, where some 300,000 people celebrated on Monday night.
"A police presence is put in place every New Year's near the Eiffel Tower, Trocadero and Champs-Elyséees, but that doesn't intervene at all with the regular security on duty in other parts of Paris," said the police source.
A video of the robbery is expected to provide helpful clues to the special Paris brigade for "the repression of banditry," known as the PJ, which is leading the investigation.


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Techniques for Successful Facilitation: Preparing for Personalities
- I'm kind of a big deal around here...
- — Ron Burgundy
One of the great wonders of the human race is that every person is unique. This wonder can wreak havoc for you as a facilitator, no matter your skill level. Past dealings with a variety of people help you prepare for certain types of personalities and behavior traits. However, it's still a crapshoot when you sit down and start the conversation about how participants will actually react during a session.
When gathering a diverse group of participants, keep this old saying in mind: "It takes all kinds to make the world go around." Likewise, it takes all kinds of people and personalities to understand complex problems and create game-changing solutions.
Creating a happy place
Regardless of the kinds of personalities in a group of participants, the best tactic is to create an environment where people feel safe to share, collaborate, and, most importantly, fail. By paying attention to participants' behavior, their reactions to one another, and their body language, you can create an atmosphere of encouragement. If participants are willing to take risks and share ideas or information that is unexpected, participants of any personality type can become productive and engaged.